Air Force Two which carried Vice President Joe Biden to the Santa Barbara area Thursday night is grounded at the airport because of mechanical problems. Sources at the airport say the Vice President's plane hit birds while in flight to Santa Barbara Airport Thursday night. KEY News took photos of mechanics working on one of Air Force Two's engines. (www.keyt.com) More...

They had to do the same thing for a Biden appearance in Tallahassee a couple months ago. AF2 had a windshield crack on landing. Two G3s were flown in for Biden and staff. Those that didn't fit had to fly commercial. The plane was kept at KTLH for two days for repairs.

FYI, Mr. Fusion, any campaigning done by any candidates has to be paid by him or her. This means that if Mr. Biden were to be campainging at the time of flight, he was paying for the fuel and other costs, not us.

FYI, Mr. John, any campaigning done by any candidates has to be paid by him or her. This means that if Mr. Biden were to be campainging at the time of flight, he was paying for the fuel and other costs, not us.

I don't want to get all "political and sh't... but,I guess EVEN the BIRDS have had ENOUGH of THIS ADMINISTRATION-maybe they are unemployed or foreclosed...(although getting bird poop on ya' is supposedly "good luck"...)

How many user names do you have to spout off your ridiculous crap? Go look at the stats. Obama has used Air Force One significantly less than his predecessor as well as having spent much less time on vacation.

On the same day Delta reported a bird strike, a bird also struck Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's plane while she was flying from Brussels to Paris, and Joe Biden was trapped in a potentially deadly situation on Thursday night when his plane was crippled by a bird strike.

While so many seem to make humor out of a very near disaster they would feel different if it happened to them. The fact is this should be address by adapting a non restrictive catcher forward of the engines. Anyone with idea could well be rewarded by this in saving many lives in the future.Jokes anyone?

There's no easy answer for this issue. Anything placed in front of the intake will, by design be more restrictive than the completely open design currently in place. Maybe put some blades to slice the bird up in to pieces that are less likely to hurt the engine?

Thanks for this answer Ashley i was beginning to think I had gotton on to a radical right wing site. These guys are like a team of Romney speech writers!And God knows he neeeds them. I find so many of these sites that have residents dwelling on them just ready to counter whatever they can for attention. My issue is about a flaw in our modern day jet aircraft and there is certainly a need for improvement. Seems to me that there is an engineer out there that will come up with all the needed data to get a design on the boards that will be workable. Sorry right wingers.,but, it takes a left wing to fly best tax paid too. My gosh aren't we conservitive though !!!Aviations best.... Avio'politico's!!!